Ironing-board.



Patented May 22, I900.

. A a. J. A. LEWIS.

IRONING BOARD.

(Appliqation filgd Oct. 80, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAHAM LEWIS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AND JACOB A.'LEWIS, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y.

IR'ON'lNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 6 0, dated y 22, 1960-Application filed October 30, 1899.v Serial No. 735,243. (N01 nodel.)

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that we, ABRAHAM LEWIS, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, and JACOB A. LEWIS, of the city of New York,borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, citizens ofthe United States,- have invented a new and Improved Ironing-Board, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to ironing-boards, and has for one object toprovide means whereby the board may be quickly and conveniently appliedto any support and be adjusted as desired upon the same.

A further object of the invention is to employ legs capable when in aclosed position of fitting snugly to the board and which when in thesupporting position may be adjusted at any desired point between thefree or outer end of the board and its central portion, and,furthermore, to so attach the legs to the board that they may be readilycarried in direction of either end of the board, admitting of a skirt ora like garment being quickly adjusted and manipulated on the board.

Another objectof the invention is to v provide means for locking thelegs in folded position and for vertically adjusting the legs while insupportingIposition, whereby the board may be held in a true horizontalplane Fhen the legs engage with an undulating surace.

The invention consists in the novel con struction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification,- in which similar characters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of theironing-board applied to a tableand in position for use. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of theironing-board, the legs being folded up and secured in folded position.Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the slideway in which the clampmoves, showing the clamp partially in side elevation and partially inFig. 4. Fig. 4 is a transverse section through the board, showing theclamp in front elevation; and Fig. 5 is a detail view illustrating aportion of the legs and the manner in which the vertical adj ustment ofthe legs is eifected, the adjusting mechanism being just introduced intothe receiving-socket in the board.

The board A is given the usual contour, being tapered in direction ofone of its ends, and the wider or head end of the board is adapted torest upon or extend over a supportas, for example, a table 0. In thebottom of the board a slideway A is centrally and longitudinallyproduced, extending from.

its head end to a point at or near the center, as shown in Fig. 2, andthis slideway is usually made by producing a longitudinal groove 10 inthe under face of the board, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and locatingmetal strips 10 at each side of the said groove, as is particu larlyshown in Fig. 4; but the said slideway may be otherwise produced, ifdesired. This slideway A is adapted to receive a portion of a bracket B.(Shown also tothe best advantage in Figs. 3 and 4.) This bracketcomprises an angular body 11, having a head block 12, which head-blockis of such dimensions that it will have end movement in the groove 10above the strips 10, as is also shown in Fig. 4, and preferably thehead-block 12 extends over the foot portion of the body 11 of thebracket. The foot or lower portion of the bracket Bis provided with avertical opening, the wall of which is threaded, and this openingreceives an adjusting-screw li'provided at its lower end with ahand-wheel 14, and the upper end of the adj usting-screw is swiveled ina clampingblock 15, which is adapted to engage with the under surface ofthe table 0 or other support for the board when the under face of theboard engages with the top of'the said table or support.

' It is obvious that before a clamping engagement has been effectedbetween the board and its table or support the board 'may be adj ustedendwise relative to the table or support to the extent of the length ofthe slidesection, the section being on the line 3 3 of tending from itsfree or contracted end to a each groove 16 is virtually a slideway.,Each

- end of theboard and the edge of the table or 16 are so placed that onewill be at each side 1 lower bearing ends of the legs, the said outer initsmovement to and from the same by pins "1 ofia screw 23 isswiveled inthe outer crossof'the screw 23 is provided with a polygonal pivotsare ator near the central portions of thelegs are slid in direction of thehead of loosely through openings in the inner or main tion of the; boardmay. be carrieda considerdistance' betweenthe marginal strips 17 of areto be folded up upon or beneath the way A. Thus, for example, the headpor able distance over the table, thereby lessening the distance betweenthe outer or free support for the board.

Two parallel grooves 16 of suitable width are produced in the bottom ofthe board, ex-

point at or near the center, and these grooves of the slideway A, asshown in Fig. 2. -A longitudinal strip 17 is attached to theunder. faceof the board at eachedge' of each of the said grooves 16, and thesestrips eXtendl'Je yond the edges of the grooves, as illustrated: also inFig. 2. Thus it will be observed that groove 16 is adapted to receive aleg 18, and, these legsare of a width corresponding to the the grooves,so that the legs 18 when folded upmaylie snugly in said grooves-betweenthe opposing marginal strips. Each leg 18 is provided with a head 19,preferably of T shape, and the transverse members of said heads areadapted to extend from one side of the longitudinal groove 16 to theother and re'stjupjon the marginal strips 17 of the grooves, so that thelegs may be adjusted the full lengthof thegrooves 16-, and the said legsmay also be readily swung downward or uppivots. The legs 18 areconnected at their lower ends by a cross-bar 20, and a second and outercross-bar 21 is also employed at the cross-bar21 being capableof movingto and from the main or connecting cross-bar 20, but the outer cross-bar21 is not rigidly connected to the main cross-bar 20 and is guided22,-:-which are rigidly secured to the outer cross-bar 21, asillustrated in Fig. 5, and pass cross-bar 20 and into the legs 18. Thehead bar 21, and this screw 23 passes through an interiorly-threaded nut23*, located centrally in the connecting cross-bar 20, as is also shownin Fig. 5, and the upper or inner end head 24 in order that the screwmay be turned by a wrench or a similar tool. When the legs board, thelegs are carried upward when their the grooves 16 or so that the head ofthe screw 23- will be opposite a longitudinal recess 25, produced in thecontracted end of the board between the slideways 16, whereupon whencess 25, as'shownin Fig. 2, thus holding the legsfirmly in .their foldedposition.

It is obvious that by the addition of the auxiliary bar 21 and the screw23 the said auxiliary bar 21 may be raised or lowered, so as to adaptthelegs to any inequalities of the surface u'pon'which the legs are to,rest;

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combinationwith an ironing-board, -efmeans for adjustably securing said board to asupport, the said board-being provided with longitudinal grooves in itsunder face having side groovesand forming slideways, legs each providedwith a T-head the ends of the cross members of which engage the saidside grooves, the'said legs being-capable of folding in the saidlongitudinal grooves,- and of dropping downward and being adjusted alongthe said board, the saidleg's being also capable of vertical adjustment,and means for locking the legs when in the folded position,substantially asdescribed."

2. An ironing-board provided witha longitudinal slideway in its undersurface, a bracket comprising an angular body, having a head-blockarranged for end movement in the said slideway, an adj usting-screwcarried by the foot or lower portion of the-bracket, and aclamping-block pivotally connected with the upper end of said screw,substan= tially as described. l

3. An ironing-board provided with slideways in its under face, legsarranged-to fit loosely in the said slideways, T-heads for the legsforming pivots and mounted in the slideways, whereby the said legs maybe longitudinally adjusted whenin a vertical position or swung upwardparallel with the board, and a fastening device carried by the legs andadapted to engage theboard to lock the legs parallel therewith.

4. An ironing-board provided with pivoted legs longitudinally adjustablebeneath the said board, and'capabl'e of being folded parallel with theboard, a vertically adjustable section for said legs, an adjusting-screwfor said section, the said adjusting-screw being adapted when the legsare .foldedto enter a recess in the board to lock the legs parallel withthe board. 5

5. An ironing-board provided with pivoted legs longitudinally adjustablebeneath the said board, a connecting-bar for the lower ends of the legs,an adjustable auxiliary bar provided with pins extending throughopenings in the, connecting-bar and into the .said legs, and a screwswiveled in the auxiliary bar and passing through a threaded nut in theconnecting-bar, the inner end of the screw being provided with a head,for turning the same, substantially as described.

the board the screw 23 will enter the said re 6. The combination, withan ironing-board when the legs lie in the slideways provided for them,as set forth:

ABRAHAM LEWIS. J ACOB A. LEWIS. Witnesses to signature of Abraham Lewis:

SAMUEL KLING, BENJAMIN RICHTER. Witnesses to signature of Jacob A.Lewis: J. FRED. ACKER, JNo. M. BITTER.

